We may not have a choice.
If he doesn't play as a walk-up start at the end of the year - and unless there are significant injuries, I don't know who I'd drop for him - then he may leave under Free Agency if there is a taker.
Bews was always going to be in trouble the moment that a player or two with defensive *and* attacking capabilities came into the picture. O'Connor, Tuohy, Stewart, Kolo, Guthrie, Clark and Henry are all in front of him for the small defender roles now IMO.